Russia will probably build Vietnam's first nuclear plants.

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HANOI - Russia has offered to build Vietnam's first atomic power plant, a senior Russian executive said yesterday, in a long-term project which could take about a decade to materialise.


The executive from Atomstroyexport, an affiliate of Russia's Ministry of Atomic Energy, told Reuters Russian nuclear experts gave presentations to Vietnamese officials, including some from state utility Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), yesterday.
The executive, who did not want to be identified, said the Vietnamese audience included officials from the Planning and Investment Ministry and EVN's Energy Institute, which is in charge of planning Vietnam's first nuclear plant.

"We are interested in building such a plant in Vietnam and Russia is ready to do it," the executive said at a business meeting on the sidelines of an international trade fair in Hanoi...

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Currently Vietnam is planning two large reactors.